Reforming Downtown Eastside Harm Reduction

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DTES support worker says recovery-oriented approach needs to replace harm reduction - BC | Globalnews.ca

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Rivers Stonechild was raised in Vancouver ’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) He believes the harm reduction model needs to be replaced with a new approach that will get people the help they need to overcome addiction.

Mayor Ken Sim has promised to break what he calls the “poverty industrial complex” in the DTES .

Nine years into his recovery, Stonechild said the fentanyl crisis, which has personally impacted his family, also motivates him to give back. “I just want to be able to give hope to people that if I can do it, you can do it too,” Stonechild told Global News . While watching his two sons, aged 12 and 24 , grow up, Stonechild said he’s eager to learn more about Sim ’s proposed policy shifts. “Maybe we could see some lasting change that could impact the community for the better.”.

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